Between his gross-out Troma days and joining the big-budget Marvel Cinematic Universe, James Gunn wrote Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. He also made the body-horror film Slither and penned the Dawn of the Dead remake. Point is, Gunn has worked in a lot of genres, so when he suggests a film to watch (especially when you’re trapped at home, anyway), you should probably pay attention.
Gunn recently shared “10 GREAT MOVIES YOU LIKELY HAVEN’T SEEN TO STREAM WHILE YOU SELF-QUARANTINE,” as he put it on Twitter. “It’s important for the health of our world to practice social distancing as much as possible. In the service of you doing this & in the hopes you will, I’ve come up with this list. #QuarantineAndChill.” The list includes the Oscar-nominated Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (“The naturalistic acting was a huge influence on me, and the Elliot Gould/Dyan Cannon bedroom scene is one of my all-time favorites”), Bong Joon-ho’s Mother (“Long before Parasite, and after The Host, Bong Joon-ho made this film about a mother’s undying – some would say almost psychotic – love for her son”), and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, an unholy, sweat-drenched team-up between actor Nicolas Cage and director Werner Herzog. Gunn called it “one of the greatest films of the 2000s,” and honestly? No argument here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv0aAv0lJ3s
You can find the full list of suggestions below.
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1238554115740844032
In other Gunn news, The Suicide Squad director was asked on Instagram whether he considered making a third Scooby-Doo movie. “I made a deal to write and direct #3 back in 2004 but the second one, although it did well, didn’t do well enough to warrant a third, so the movie was never made,” he replied. “That said it was because I apprenticed as a director on those films I was ready and able to take on Guardians when the time came.”
If it wasn’t for Matthew Lillard, we wouldn’t have Baby Groot. Really makes you think.
(Via ScreenRant)
